Olympian Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar sustained his strong run and shot 591 to top men’s rifle 3-position event in the fourth Olympic shooting trials at the Madhya Pradesh Academy on May 17.
After an indifferent start in the first trial when he stumbled to a score of 576 in Delhi, Aishwary has been pretty strong with scores of 595 and 590 in the last two trials. He thus ensured his spot for the Games.
Olympic quota winner Swapnil Kussale ended up with the lowest total of 573, but had done enough earlier with scores of 592, 587 and 587 to retain his quota for Paris, ahead of Olympic quota winner Akhil Sheoran, Olympian Chain Singh and Niraj Kumar. From the four trials, shooters can drop their lowest score and add the decimal points for placing top three in finals, apart from adding Olympic quota bonus points for the ranking aggregate.
